Description
Yoo Hoo
Size: 6 x 54
Vitola: Box Pressed Toro
Wrapper: Maduro Dominican
Binder: Dominican
Fillers: Dominican longfillers
Factory: Tabacalera Rivas
Aged: 6 Years
Flavor Notes: Dark chocolate, cocoa powder, coffee, almond, leather, candied cherry, espresso
Pairing Notes: Barrel aged rum, stout, porter, concentrated espresso
Privada Storytelling
Chico Rivas quietly made cigars that many people were never supposed to smoke.
Yoo Hoo became one of those blends whispered about more than discussed openly. A Dominican maduro built around unapologetic chocolate character and hidden away long enough that collectors started treating it more like folklore than inventory.
Six years of age changed everything.
The box pressed 6 x 54 format gives the smoke density and patience while the Dominican maduro core keeps the profile balanced instead of overwhelming. Chocolate is everywhere in this cigar, but not candy sweetness. Dark cocoa. Espresso bitterness. Toasted almond. Dry cherry beneath the surface.
This is the cigar people hand to friends when they want silence after the first draw.
Flavor Journey
The opening introduces bitter dark chocolate, cocoa powder, and toasted almond over a soft Dominican earthiness.
As the cigar develops, espresso bitterness and cherry sweetness begin layering together while leather and roasted nuts build body underneath.
The final third becomes darker and more mature, settling into molasses, leather, cocoa, and a long dry cherry finish that lingers well after the cigar ends.
Why It Belongs in Privada
Because this is the type of Dominican maduro most smokers rarely encounter anymore.
Long aged. Chocolate forward. Thick without becoming muddy. Built by one of the quiet legends of Dominican tobacco.
Production Notes
Produced at Tabacalera Rivas and aged six years before release. Box pressed 6 x 54 toro format designed to emphasize density, slower combustion, and long chocolate driven transitions.
Highlights
6 year aged Dominican maduro
Box pressed 6 x 54 toro
Produced at Tabacalera Rivas
Chocolate and espresso driven profile
Collector style limited release
